Piece of Eight

Kim and Randy take a selfie.

Full Moon crew Randy “Rerouting” Olsen, Kim “Traffic” Franz, Dave “Costco” Pulsifer, Judy “Vaporizer” Tiffany, Daniel “Hot Rod” Mengedoht, and skipper John “IPA” Mengedoht enjoyed a decent start for the Pirate Night Duck Dodge near the “pin” end of the line. Boats closer to the middle of the line had a slight advantage but Full Moon had fun dicing with some SYC J22s while pulling ahead of a few other boats. Apart from giant (40’!) Stella Blue, Full Moon was near the front of the third start fleet as the boats converged at the Freeway buoy.

Drifting power boats always add to the challenge of Duck Dodge racing.

After rounding, Full Moon headed for Gasworks Park, waiting for a clear lane to develop before tacking. This paid off well, allowing Full Moon to put the J22s and often-speedy Tuesday behind before rounding the Aurora buoy.

It appeared to be an epic post-race raft-up, not to mention another awesome sunset!

After a slight delay, the mighty Equalizer was launched to good advantage on the long reach/run to the AGC buoy. A clean drop was achieved a shade early followed by a tight rounding and then a straight shot upwind to the finish line to take second place and the Silver Duck! Stella Blue took the gold by a substantial margin, not surprisingly, given her size. A few minutes later, Mustache Ride (Choate 22) crossed for the Bronze.